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• Dog flu unlikely to spread, says Ottawa Humane Society

  09-01-2018 23:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Ottawa Humane Society is monitoring a contagious dog flu outbreak in southwest Ontario, but says the risk of the virus spreading is low.
  Two dogs outside Windsor, Ont. have so far contracted the H3N2 virus, and several more dogs that had close contact with the affected dogs had mild respiratory problems on Monday, according to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit. The virus is common in Asia and the U.S., but this is the first known outbreak of the strain in Canada. The two infected dogs wer
  
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• Gun runner sentenced 5 1/2 years for facilitating 'scourge of gun violence'

  09-01-2018 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Ottawa man was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to gun-running as part of a local arms ring ensnared in a police sting operation.
  Luke McCormick, 25, surrounded by family and supporters, stood to face Justice Trevor Brown before he was escorted from the courtroom by Ottawa police.
  Justice Brown called the sentence “shocking and crushing” for the father of a young child, but called it the “proper sentence in the public interest.&rdquo
  
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• Security bollards to be installed outside of city hall after risk assessment

  09-01-2018 23:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa City Hall needs security bollards around the building in case a terrorist tries to use a vehicle to run over people, the city’s security boss says.
  “With all the stuff going on in the world and the low-tech terrorism that has taken place, it really behooves the city to ensure the safety and security of patrons to city hall,” said Pierre Poirier, manager of security and emergency management.
  “We’ve taken a look at what is the probability of that kind of event
  
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• UPDATE: Four pets lost in Osgoode blaze which completely destroys a home. #ottnews 1310news.com/2018/01/09/osg… https://t.co/4VGZeQ9F1K

  09-01-2018 22:47 via twitter.com
  
  UPDATE: Four pets lost in Osgoode blaze which completely destroys a home. #ottnews 1310news.com/2018/01/09/osg… https://t.co/4VGZeQ9F1K
  
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• Police again warn about phoney Uber driver after more than 10 women assaulted, robbed

  09-01-2018 22:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police have issued a second warning after receiving more than 10 reports about a man posing as an Uber driver and sexually assaulting women, especially in the ByWard Market.
  The warning, issued Tuesday, says the man has offered a lift to women he sees leaving bars and restaurants and who appear to be intoxicated. The driver has reportedly sexually assaulted his victims once they are in his car.
  The suspect also steals the victims’ debt and credit cards and PIN numbers, whi
  
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• Canadian military preparing new training for Jordan – equipment delivered

  09-01-2018 21:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Canadian military has provided a variety of training over the last year and a half to the Jordanian armed forces. That has included a  Canadian-led team which trained Jordanian military personnel in how to co-ordinate air strikes.
  “Other training opportunities have been identified, as requested by the JAF, but are still in the planning stages,” Canadian Forces Capt. Vincent Bouchard told Defence Watch.
  Equipment has also been donated by Canada, some of which came earlier las
  
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• Ottawa Police warn of Uber driver targeting intoxicated women downtown bit.ly/2CWKZdO https://t.co/V26ecofpM5

  09-01-2018 21:19 via twitter.com
  
  Ottawa Police warn of Uber driver targeting intoxicated women downtown bit.ly/2CWKZdO https://t.co/V26ecofpM5
  
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• Reevely: Dewar, White consider challenging Watson for mayor

  09-01-2018 21:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Nominations for mayor in the 2018 election don’t open for months, but Paul Dewar is spending long hours running by the Rideau Canal thinking about whether he belongs in the race.
  “I’ve thought about it but I haven’t made any decisions at all,” the former Ottawa Centre New Democrat MP says. “A lot of people keep asking me … They’re seeing things not being run well and thinking we can do better. I don’t disagree with that.”
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• Independent senators seek investigation of Beyak's ethics, use of public funds bit.ly/2mbQv1H https://t.co/UWvg6b1Ald

  09-01-2018 21:12 via twitter.com
  
  Independent senators seek investigation of Beyak's ethics, use of public funds bit.ly/2mbQv1H https://t.co/UWvg6b1Ald
  
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• PM Trudeau talks about Joshua Boyle and the Aga Khan in one-on-one interview with our Halifax sister station… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-01-2018 21:09 via twitter.com
  PM Trudeau talks about Joshua Boyle and the Aga Khan in one-on-one interview with our Halifax sister station… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police seek 'person of interest' in computer theft

  09-01-2018 20:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police took to Twitter Tuesday to ask the public to help them identify a man they call a “person of interest.”
  Police say he may have information about the theft of computer equipment on Laurier Avenue.
  Anyone with information about the man, who’s described as 20 to 30 years old with a thin build, is asked to contact Const. Matt Jones at 613-236-1222 ext. 8521 or [email protected].
  
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• OPP hunt Morrisburg hit-and-run driver who left pedestrian badly hurt

  09-01-2018 20:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OPP is hunting for a driver who hit a woman walking near her home north of Morrisburg Sunday then fled leaving her with serious injuries, including broken bones.
  It happened just before 6 p.m. on Shanette Road in South Dundas Township. Police were alerted when an ambulance was called to rush her to the hospital with injuries that police say are not life-threatening.
  A witness described the car as a small black or dark blue four-door with oval headlights, possible a recent model. It was last
  
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• Today's letters: Violence should be the last resort in Iran

  09-01-2018 20:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  Fond memories of Canada’s yaksRe: Canada’s doomed yak strategy, Dec. 30
  I fondly remember these black long-haired beasts, as I visited with them often with my father, Grant Carman. Their first home was the old Clarke Dairy Farm, then and now owned by the National Capital Commission, located on the northwest corner of Old Highway 16 and Fallowfield Road.
  Every weekend we would visit the farm, and the yak. When the first yak was born in Canadian captivity, the Weekend Citizen featured
  
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• Pets dead in fire that destroyed Osgoode farmhouse

  09-01-2018 20:01 via ottawacitizen.com
  The family who lived in a Stagecoach Road farmhouse could only watch, supported by friends, as their home was consumed by fire Tuesday.
  Their pets — two dogs, a cat and a rabbit — apparently died in the blaze, the fire department said, and paramedics reported that one person was treated for smoke inhalation.
  Firefighters are grateful that the residents heeded the 911 dispatcher’s warning to flee the fast-moving flames instead of searching for their pets, Ottawa Fire Services sp
  
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• Dawson: Here's why it's time to legalize all drugs in Canada

  09-01-2018 19:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  Picture this: You’re an injection drug user, and, you’re worried the next time to use, you might die. So, you head for the Shepherds of Good Hope, where there’s a special trailer. There, you can use your drugs – and someone will save you if you overdose.
  Upon arrival, though, there’s a police cruiser outside. Apparently it’s there a lot, at least according to Ottawa Inner City Health, which runs the injection site, and officers are questioning staff and client
  
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• Fire and Fury – how could you get these two books mixed up?

  09-01-2018 19:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  University of Toronto professor Randall Hansen 2008 book about the bombing campaign against Germany during the Second World War has been pushed back on the bestseller list because of Donald Trump. Hansen’s book is titled “Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945.”
  Michael Wolff’s new tell-all book about Trump is called “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.”
  Wolff’s book became a mega bestseller because of Trump’s reaction, wh
  
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• St. Lawrence String Quartet to roam from Haydn to Tchaikovsky to Adams

  09-01-2018 19:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  St. Lawrence String Quartetpresented by ChamberfestWhen: Monday, Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m.Where: Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper St.Tickets: $30-$52 at chamberfest.com, by phone at 613-234-6306, or at the box office at 4 Florence St., Suite 201
  As he sits in 10 C weather among the flitting hummingbirds in his California garden, violinist Geoff Nuttall waxes sentimental at how far music has taken him and the St. Lawrence String Quartet.
  “Music keeps me going,” Nutt
  
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• 'No question' OPP officer at fault in serious collision, but criminal charges not warranted: SIU report

  09-01-2018 18:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  The province’s Special Investigations Unit says it has found ample evidence that an Ontario Provincial Police officer operated their police cruiser in a “careless manner” leading to a crash on Highway 401 near Gananoque in October 2016, however the officer should not face criminal charges in the incident.
  The OPP cruiser struck a passenger vehicle in stop-and-go traffic, seriously injuring the 78-year-old driver.
  “On all of the evidence, there is no question that the
  
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• St. Lawrence String Quartet to roam from Haydn to Tchaikovsky to Adams at Jan. 15 concert

  09-01-2018 18:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  St. Lawrence String Quartetpresented by ChamberfestWhen: Monday, Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m.Where: Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper St.Tickets: $30-$52 at chamberfest.com, by phone at 613-234-6306, or at the box office at 4 Florence St., Suite 201
  As he sits in 10 C weather among the flitting hummingbirds in his California garden, violinist Geoff Nuttall waxes sentimental at how far music has taken him and the St. Lawrence String Quartet.
  “Music keeps me going,” Nutt
  
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• Rescuers flock to save 100-plus finches found in foreclosed house

  09-01-2018 18:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  It was Friday when Jill Woods got a phone call: Please come and pick up 100-plus abandoned finches and some canaries for good measure.
  Woods runs Feathered Haven Parrot Rescue in Smiths Falls, and takes in unwanted birds, but usually one at a time: A parrot here, a macaw there.
  But in Ottawa, a woman had been evicted after a foreclosure. She was locked out while her birds were locked in, a flock that had multiplied beyond the woman’s ability to care for them or keep the home clean.
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• Coming up at 12:30: @nathancullen joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss what needs to be done to combat sexual miscond… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-01-2018 18:20 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: @nathancullen joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss what needs to be done to combat sexual miscond… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, January 9th: 1:10: @MichaelMaidment 1:15: #JayStrosberg 1:30: @GryphonReport 1:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-01-2018 18:14 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, January 9th: 1:10: @MichaelMaidment 1:15: #JayStrosberg 1:30: @GryphonReport 1:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up at 11:45: @CFIB Dan Kelly joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the ongoing minimum wage battle: 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-01-2018 17:38 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:45: @CFIB Dan Kelly joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss the ongoing minimum wage battle: 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @KurtStoodley & @DannyKingsbury join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-01-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch at 12: @KurtStoodley & @DannyKingsbury join @_MarkSutcliffe in studio: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Coming up 11:30: Pollster @niknanos joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-01-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up 11:30: Pollster @niknanos joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly segment: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• House Works: Ice dams begone as Canadian innovation melts rooftop ice, saves energy

  09-01-2018 17:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  Does your roof develop lots of ice in winter? If it does, there’s a Canadian innovation you might want to know about.
  I installed this system in the fall on a roof that has regularly developed concerning levels of ice in the past, and I’ve been watching the performance this winter.
  Just like regular electric rooftop de-icing cables, this system uses electricity. The difference is that it’s almost invisible and it uses less power.
  Just about every roof in Canada forms at least a
  
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• Cohen: Remembering the momentous year of 1968

  09-01-2018 17:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Once in a generation, there comes a moment when everything changes. In the early 20th century, we might say that of 1914 and 1939, when both world wars began. Or 1929, when the markets crashed.
  In the second half of the century, a pivotal year was 1968. The world seemed to come apart – shaken by war, revolution, assassination, protest, famine. It’s hard to believe so much could happen in so short a time, but 50 years ago, it did.
  In the United States, the conventional wisdom was that
  
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• Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe in studio for weekly International Affairs segment 📻: 13… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-01-2018 16:55 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11: @StephanieCarvin joins @_MarkSutcliffe in studio for weekly International Affairs segment📻: 13… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• What is going on with the Ottawa Senators? @DougMaclean joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up at 10:45: 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-01-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  What is going on with the Ottawa Senators?@DougMaclean joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up at 10:45:📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Osgoode home engulfed in flames; one person treated for smoke inhalation: bit.ly/2AJ7kq2 https://t.co/Gj7ovbVpSL

  09-01-2018 16:31 via twitter.com
  
  Osgoode home engulfed in flames; one person treated for smoke inhalation: bit.ly/2AJ7kq2 https://t.co/Gj7ovbVpSL
  
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• Coming up 10:30: @Kyle_Duggan of @ipoliticsca joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-01-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Coming up 10:30:@Kyle_Duggan of @ipoliticsca joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE: 📻: 1310 💻: bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• More waste on Afghan aid projects – no evidence to show benefit from $1 billion fund

  09-01-2018 16:23 via ottawacitizen.com
  The U.S. government’s Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) released a new audit today, highlighting yet again another failed aid program in Afghanistan.
  The audit was conducted at the request of senators and it focused on the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations’ (TFBSO) operations in Afghanistan.
  TFBSO was created by the U.S. Department of Defense and carried out economic development projects in Afghanistan from 2010 through 2014
  
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• Firefighters are now in a defensive attack for a fire in Osgoode. One person was treated for smoke inhalation by Ot… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-01-2018 16:06 via twitter.com
  Firefighters are now in a defensive attack for a fire in Osgoode. One person was treated for smoke inhalation by Ot… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Avoid Stagecoach Road area as crews tackle Osgoode farmhouse fire

  09-01-2018 16:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Fire Services is asking motorists to avoid Stagecoach Road near Blanchfield Road and Osgoode Main Street as crews tackle a blaze in a farmhouse.
  They were called to 3320 Stagecoach Rd. and declared a working fire at 8:44 a.m. before even arriving at the two-storey home based on information from 911 callers.
  The occupants were safely removed from the home after the fire, which began in the home’s basement.
  ‏Ottawa fire at 3320 Stagecoach Road in Osgoode. Building is a 2 storey fa
  
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• Holocaust Monument closes until Jan. 17 for equipment installation

  09-01-2018 15:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Capital Commission is alerting visitors to Ottawa that the Holocaust Monument will be closed Tuesday until Jan. 17 for equipment installation.
  The NCC said the equipment will allow the monument, which is entitled Landscape of Loss, Memory and Survival, to partially open during winter months. The monument is located at the corner of Wellington and Booth streets.
  The type of equipment that is being installed has not been specified.
  The NCC has been facing criticism since at
  
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• Egan: How will police patrol Lowertown safe injection site?

  09-01-2018 14:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  All is not rosy at Ottawa’s first sanctioned safe injection site in Lowertown.
  The executive director of Ottawa Inner City Health, which operates the legal drug-taking site from a trailer at Shepherds of Good Hope, said Ottawa police regularly have a cruiser parked by the steps to the facility.
  “We are having really significant problems currently and we’re hoping we can resolve them,” said Wendy Muckle.
  While the presence of the cruiser alone is intimidating to some, othe
  
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• Band of burglars sought after instruments stolen from Vanier school

  09-01-2018 14:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police are asking for help in tracking down the suspects who broke into a Baribeau Street school in Vanier and made off with trumpets, saxophones, a Yamaha keyboard and a seven-piece drum kit.
  The suspects “unlawfully gained entry” just before 5 a.m. on Nov. 26 and made off with the items worth about $10,000, police say.
  They think the suspects may be trying to sell them for cash.
  Anyone with information is asked to call the city police break and enter unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 4533
  
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• Weather: Three-day temperature seesaw begins, en route to 5 C by Thursday

  09-01-2018 14:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  If the weather Tuesday is temperate, Thursday will be downright tropical.
  The capital awoke to barely below zero and a 30 per cent chance of flurries on top of Monday’s 10 cm of snow.
  0 degrees feels positively tropical right now. Break out the tan lotion and Coronas! #Ottwx pic.twitter.com/p1V8Eno0h6
  — Brian Fraser (@brianpfraser) January 9, 2018In other news, Ottawa was hit with a wave of sweltering temperatures today. Thermometers were seen climbing as high as -4 degrees Celsius (
  
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• Winfrey's Golden Globes speech sparks talk of 2020 campaign: bit.ly/2En6wtl https://t.co/SWPoEP5pzt

  09-01-2018 13:35 via twitter.com
  
  Winfrey's Golden Globes speech sparks talk of 2020 campaign: bit.ly/2En6wtl https://t.co/SWPoEP5pzt
  
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• Sir John A. Macdonald's name being removed from pub in Kingston: bit.ly/2Dc0rk2 https://t.co/S1yInc94hD

  09-01-2018 13:25 via twitter.com
  
  Sir John A. Macdonald's name being removed from pub in Kingston: bit.ly/2Dc0rk2 https://t.co/S1yInc94hD
  
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• OC Transpo trying out new tire treads: bit.ly/2EptPmm https://t.co/8lHlOxUu5m

  09-01-2018 13:18 via twitter.com
  
  OC Transpo trying out new tire treads: bit.ly/2EptPmm https://t.co/8lHlOxUu5m
  
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• Kyle and Julie Turris reach out to support Ottawa boy in need of heart transplant: bit.ly/2mhXWFp https://t.co/QnICMG5kAt

  09-01-2018 12:57 via twitter.com
  
  Kyle and Julie Turris reach out to support Ottawa boy in need of heart transplant: bit.ly/2mhXWFp https://t.co/QnICMG5kAt
  
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• Mainly clear for tonight with a low -16 Chance of some freezing rain tomorrow aft/eve with a high -3 twitter.com/1310Alexblack/…

  09-01-2018 12:47 via twitter.com
  Mainly clear for tonight with a low -16Chance of some freezing rain tomorrow aft/eve with a high -3 twitter.com/1310Alexblack/…
  
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• Companies should weigh price hikes to offset min.wage hike: Ont. labour minister: bit.ly/2mcbphd https://t.co/BP8NJatdwt

  09-01-2018 12:13 via twitter.com
  
  Companies should weigh price hikes to offset min.wage hike: Ont. labour minister: bit.ly/2mcbphd https://t.co/BP8NJatdwt
  
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• Armed home invasion in Brockville: bit.ly/2CUtv2t https://t.co/jGYtmNevuM

  09-01-2018 11:53 via twitter.com
  
  Armed home invasion in Brockville: bit.ly/2CUtv2t https://t.co/jGYtmNevuM
  
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• Loblaw places restrictions on gift card offer after bread price fixing scheme: bit.ly/2Deq2ch https://t.co/PUWpJHIfBw

  09-01-2018 11:41 via twitter.com
  
  Loblaw places restrictions on gift card offer after bread price fixing scheme: bit.ly/2Deq2ch https://t.co/PUWpJHIfBw
  
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• Egan: Police eye on the needle at Lowertown safe injection site

  09-01-2018 00:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  All is not rosy at Ottawa’s first sanctioned safe injection site in Lowertown.
  The executive director of Ottawa Inner City Health, which operates the legal drug-taking site from a trailer at Shepherds of Good Hope, said Ottawa police regularly have a cruiser parked by the steps to the facility.
  “We are having really significant problems currently and we’re hoping we can resolve them,” said Wendy Muckle.
  While the presence of the cruiser alone is intimidating to some, othe
  
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